President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive Wednesday at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke.

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Fifty years after the March on Washington galvanized Americans and laid bare the broken promises to many of our fellow citizens, Americans vowed to continue the efforts summarized by the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Speakers on Wednesday recounted our successes in the battle for equality but also outlined how much more needs to be done.

President Barack Obama, at the Lincoln Memorial, recalled the "ordinary" people, disenfranchised and under the thumb of discrimination, who still stood ...